7 best-selling american history books like The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War by Richard Rubin

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The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War

By: Richard Rubin

4.18

Format: 549 pages, Kindle Edition

An alternate cover of this ASIN can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18867187-th…

"[Pershing] said, 'We know that a certain percentage of the identified dead buried here are Jewish, so that same percentage should be represented as Jewish among the unknowns'" with a Star of David marker, explained Phil Rivers, who was superintendent of the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery when I visited. "World War I was the only war for which this was done. If you go to a World War II cemetery, all the unknowns are marked with crosses."

-Richard Rubin, The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War

"Returning to active duty, [Pershing} was sent to Montana, promoted to first lieutenant, and put in charge of the 10th Cavalry Regiment. Buffalo Soldiers: black soldiers. Two years later, he was appointed an instructor of tactics at West Point. He was strict; the cadets didn't much care for him. They mocked his previous posting, dubbed him "N*gger Jack." Eventually, they toned it down to "Black Jack." He was said to be quite proud of the sobriquet."

-Richard Rubin, The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War

"Then General MacArthur literally called in the cavalry--and the infantry. As thousands of government employees watched, a phalanx of soldiers marched against the veterans, forcing them out of their camps at bayonet point. And just to make sure, tanks were deployed, too--under the command of Major George S. Patton--as well as gas. Yes, it's true: Soldiers of the United States Army gassed veterans of World War I in the streets of the nation's capital in the summer of 1932."

-Richard Rubin, The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War

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Cover of Rising Sun and Tumbling Bear: Russia's War with Japan (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Richard M. Connaughton

1. Rising Sun and Tumbling Bear: Russia's War with Japan (Cassell Military Paperbacks)

By: Richard M. Connaughton

3.78

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The definitive history of the Russo-Japanese war The Russians were wrong-footed from the start, fi… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez, Judith Schiess Avila

2. Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII

By: Chester Nez , Judith Schiess Avila

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII-includes the actual Na… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek, T.J. Mitchell

3. Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner

By: Judy Melinek , T.J. Mitchell

3.18

Format: 183 pages, Hardcover

The fearless memoir of a young forensic pathologist's rookie season as a NYC medical examiner, and … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Name of God is Mercy by Pope Francis

4. The Name of God is Mercy

By: Pope Francis

3.64

Format: None pages, ebook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In his first book published as Pope, and in conjunction with the Extrao… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote

5. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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  • american history
  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age by William Manchester

6. A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age

By: William Manchester

3.44

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater sou… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Flyboys: A True Story of Courage by James D. Bradley

7. Flyboys: A True Story of Courage

By: James D. Bradley

3.86

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

The classic New York Timesbestselling story of heroism and sacrifice--by the author of Flags of Our… read more

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  • history
  • biography
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  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Paul Fussell, Eugene B. Sledge

8. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

By: Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge

4.47

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed "one of the finest memoirs to emer… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
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  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"Kick him in the balls before he kicks you in yours"

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the marines."

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"War is such self-defeating, organized madness the way it destroys a nation's best."

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"Would the war dehumanize me so that I, too, could "field trip" enemy dead with such nonchalance?"

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

9. Moon Over Manifest

By: Clare Vanderpool

3.67

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2011 Newbery Award. The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my e… read more

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10. The Coming Fury

By: Bruce Catton , E.B. Long

4.33

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Volume I of The Centennial History of the Civil War (3 Vols.). Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the… read more

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11. Over The Top

By: None

3.93

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

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12. The American Civil War (Great Courses, #885)

By: Gary W. Gallagher

3.25

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Professor Gallagher is aleading authority on the Civil War. He is the author of several books and d… read more

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Cover of A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II by Larry Alexander, Adam Makos

13. A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

By: Larry Alexander , Adam Makos

4.36

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Four days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germ… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"You fight by rules to keep your humanity"

-Larry Alexander, A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

14. 1948: The First Arab-Israeli War

By: Benny Morris

3.62

Format: None pages,

This history of the foundational war in the Arab-Israeli conflict is groundbreaking, objective, and… read more

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15. Bring the Jubilee

By: Ward Moore

3.90

Format: None pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition can be found . A classic Alternate History story - the first to ask 'What… read more

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16. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

By: Charles C. Mann

4.23

Format: 11 pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival o… read more

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17. The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy

By: Rainn Wilson

5.00

Format: 29 pages, Hardcover

Rainn Wilson's memoir about growing up geeky and finally finding his place in comedy, faith, and li… read more

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Cover of Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II by Alex Kershaw

18. Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decora… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage by Jeff Guinn

19. Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage

By: Jeff Guinn

4.06

Format: None pages, Audiobook

“Impressively researched and written with storytelling verve” (The Wall Street Journal), this is th… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II by Alex Kershaw

20. Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From Alex Kershaw, author of the New York Times bestseller Against All Odds, comes an epic story of… read more

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  • historical
  • military fiction
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  • military history
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Cover of Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore by Emma Southon

21. Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore

By: Emma Southon

4.22

Format: 285 pages, None

They said she was a tyrant. A murderer, and the most wicked woman in history. She kicked her way… read more

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Cover of Officer Clemmons by François S. Clemmons

22. Officer Clemmons

By: François S. Clemmons

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Details the incredible life story of François Clemmons, beginning with his early years in Alabama a… read more

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  • biography
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Cover of Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs by Camilla Townsend

23. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs

By: Camilla Townsend

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingd… read more

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  • historical
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"Letters and diaries sometimes bring us close to grand moments or touching scenes in the history of Euro-Americans, but harkening back to the thoughts and feelings of the less powerful, we meet only s…"

-Camilla Townsend, Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs

Cover of Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune by Keith Thomson

24. Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune

By: Keith Thomson

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Discover the “fascinating and outrageously readable” account of the roguish acts of the first pirat… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Defiant (Songs of Chaos, #3) by Michael R.  Miller

25. Defiant (Songs of Chaos, #3)

By: Michael R. Miller

4.57

Format: 897 pages, Kindle Edition

The great powers are stirring, and Holt and Ash are ready to return to the fight. A summons from… read more

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  • audiobook
"Adaskar fell to his knees, He couldn't speak. Half-crawling, he managed to reach Azarin's snout and pulled himself up enough so his dragon could see him. 'You can fight it.' 'We cannot defeat...death…"

-Michael R. Miller, Defiant (Songs of Chaos, #3)

"His dragon's ability to let go of her hatred only impressed upon him again that he didn't deserve her. 'I'll take you anyways,' she had said. 'Why?' he croaked aloud. 'After all I did, why take me?' …"

-Michael R. Miller, Defiant (Songs of Chaos, #3)

Cover of The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War by Richard Rubin

26. The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War

By: Richard Rubin

4.18

Format: 549 pages, Kindle Edition

An alternate cover of this ASIN can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18867187-th… read more

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"[Pershing] said, 'We know that a certain percentage of the identified dead buried here are Jewish, so that same percentage should be represented as Jewish among the unknowns'" with a Star of David ma…"

-Richard Rubin, The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War

"Returning to active duty, [Pershing} was sent to Montana, promoted to first lieutenant, and put in charge of the 10th Cavalry Regiment. Buffalo Soldiers: black soldiers. Two years later, he was appoi…"

-Richard Rubin, The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War

"Then General MacArthur literally called in the cavalry--and the infantry. As thousands of government employees watched, a phalanx of soldiers marched against the veterans, forcing them out of their c…"

-Richard Rubin, The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War

Cover of Football For A Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL by Jeff Pearlman

27. Football For A Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL

By: Jeff Pearlman

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From Jeff Pearlman―the New York Times best-selling author of Three Ring Circus ―comes the rollickin… read more

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Cover of The Great Air Race: Glory, Tragedy, and the Dawn of American Aviation by John Lancaster

28. The Great Air Race: Glory, Tragedy, and the Dawn of American Aviation

By: John Lancaster

3.89

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Years before Charles Lindbergh’s flight from New York to Paris electrified the nation, a group of d… read more

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Cover of From the Depths of our Hearts: Priesthood, Celibacy and the Crisis of the Catholic Church by Pope Benedict XVI

29. From the Depths of our Hearts: Priesthood, Celibacy and the Crisis of the Catholic Church

By: Pope Benedict XVI

4.65

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

The Catholic Church faces a major crisis and the turmoil in priestly ministry is at the heart of it… read more

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Cover of Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Made Easy): romeo and juliet angel costume, romeo and juliet angel dress, romeo and juliet by william shakespeare,romeo and juliet dover thrift edition by William Shakespeare

30. Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Made Easy): romeo and juliet angel costume, romeo and juliet angel dress, romeo and juliet by william shakespeare,romeo and juliet dover thrift edition

By: William Shakespeare

3.79

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play written early in the career of William Shakespeare about two teen… read more

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Cover of Winning Independence: The Decisive Years of the Revolutionary War, 1778-1781 by John Ferling

31. Winning Independence: The Decisive Years of the Revolutionary War, 1778-1781

By: John Ferling

4.50

Format: 736 pages, Hardcover

From celebrated historian John Ferling, the underexplored history of the second half of the Revolut… read more

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11 must-read audiobook books like The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War by Richard Rubin

Transform Your Habits

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4.36

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Alex Kershaw

4.32

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Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage

Jeff Guinn

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Thomas R. Weaver

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